Postcolonialism & Autobiography: Michelle Cliff, David Dabydeen, Opal Palmer Adisa

by Alfred Hornung, Ernstpeter Ruhe

The two volumes on Postcolonialism and Autobiography examine the affinity of postcolonial writing to the genre of autobiography. the contributions of specialists from northern Africa, Europe and the United States focus on two areas in which the interrelation of postcolonialism and autobiography is very pominent and the Magherb and the anglophone and Francophone Caribbean. The colonial background of these regions provides the stimulus for writers to launch a program for emancipation in an effort to constitute a decolonized subject in autobiographical practice. This volume (the English Volume) analyzes the autobiographical writings of David Dabydeen (Guyana), Michelle Cliff, Opal Palmer Adisa, George Lamming, Wilson Harris (Jamaica), and Jamaica Kincaid (Antigua) who have maintained their cultural Caribbean origin while living in England or the Unitied States. Critics such as William Boelhower, Leigh Gilmore, Sidonie smith and Gayatri Spivak reveal the many layers of different c

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998